Reduce Amazon RDS costs with these tips
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Amazon RDS cost saving tips
Optimize your Amazon RDS costs with these tips
Rightsize Instances
Make sure your instances are rightsized to your workload. Monitor CPU usage of your database instances for a longer period. If the weekly average CPU usage is below 40% you can safely half the instance size.
Reserved DB Instances
You can purchase reserved database instances from AWS. This can save you up to 70% compared to on demand costs. Depending on the length of the contract and commitment. Make sure to also factor in database backup costs.
Reserved DB Instances
You can purchase reserved database instances from AWS. This can save you up to 70% compared to on demand costs. Depending on the length of the contract and commitment. Make sure to also factor in database backup costs.